Frontier medicine
Subtitle: from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941
By: David Dary.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9780307455420
Subjects: Medicine -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-361) and index.
Table of contents: title: Indian medicine; title: Early American medicine; title: Over the Appalachians; title: Beyond the Mississippi; title: Fur traders and trappers; title: On the Oregon trail; title: Among the soldiers; title: On homestead and ranch; title: In western towns; title: Going west for your health; title: Midwives and women doctors; title: Patent medicines; title: Quacks; title: Into the twentieth century.